Sad but true. I wish EA would just fold; nobody would miss them. Hell, Bioware would've probably put out a better version overall of ME3 otherwise. Was a great game, but certain points just screamed "was cut down to this for profits."

You do realize C&C was made by Westwood back when they got nothing to do with EA. And please don't tell you're talking about the garbage that came out ever since Westwood got bought by EA, starting with Tiberian Sun (I think).

With the exception of the very first game, it's been all EA. If you don't like the games, that's all good, but every single one has gotten critical acclaim (red alert series too), with the exception of Tiberian Twilight.

People cry and cry, but video games wouldn't be where they are today without EA.

They pretty much invented the modern MMO as we know it (Ultima), pioneered the sports genre, and pushed the RTS (C&C) scene forward.

I don't know enough about ultima to c or d your statement but I can say I could care less about the sports genre and I doubt madden every year helps the genre. Also indicating that EA is some patron of RTS games is so laughable I can't take you serious.

I don't know enough about ultima to c or d your statement but I can say I could care less about the sports genre and I doubt madden every year helps the genre. Also indicating that EA is some patron of RTS games is so laughable I can't take you serious.

With the exception of the very first game, it's been all EA. If you don't like the games, that's all good, but every single one has gotten critical acclaim (red alert series too), with the exception of Tiberian Twilight.

Westwood wasn't fully liquidated and absorbed until after Red Alert 2 had come out. EA bought them from Virgin Interactive in 1998, but had fairly little interaction with them. The majority of the Westwood employees left before the liquidation anyway, which is why the C&C series took a very noticeable downturn once they became full-fledged EA titles.

Because not everyone looks at major companies and goes "Yeah, they're the spawn of the devil."

Not saying I like everything EA does. I just understand it. And not everything they do is bad, it's just that the bad always overshadows the good. In all kinds of situations. Case in point - every politicians career ever.

Originally Posted by Ghostcrawler

Q: But who are the forum QQers going to QQ at now?
A: They'll find another name and still miss the point that Blizzard designs as a collective.

EQ1 set in motion the holy trinity of heal, tank, dps.
Which was a relatively private company until SOE took them in.

EA is not a developer, they quite literally do jack and squat in terms of game development.

Eeeh, strictly speaking EQ1 started as a SOE/Verant co-project, then Verant splintered off because "SOEs ideas weren't in keeping with their vision." They then ran back to SOE when they started running out of money.

On the subject of EA, they're shady as hell. Every game publisher/developer is. EA is just ludicrously piss poor at hiding it.

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